(Part 2) Best doctors & medicine humor books according to redditors
We found 302 Reddit comments discussing the best doctors & medicine humor books. We ranked the 70 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Like me, I bet you're gonna be happy on October 15th.
Below is a fun, light read. Good British wit combines with major medical developments to provide a greater understanding of medical history and a sensible chuckle. The author was a British surgeon and anesthetist per the internet.
The Alarming History of Medicine: Amusing Anecdotes from Hippocrates to Heart Transplants https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312167636/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_6RYvDbGADSBQ1
Hmm - I think I would tell her that you are interested in learning about horses. She will probably be thrilled. Many horse people don't go out of their way to push their hobby on friends/SO as most people will ask if they are interested.
If you want to learn about horses, I would check out your girl's horse library and magazines. Something like this book might be useful - https://www.amazon.com/Horses-Dummies-Audrey-Pavia/dp/0764597973/ref=sr_1_38?keywords=horse+books&qid=1566351268&rnid=2941120011&s=books&sr=1-38. Or you could check out the public library or a tack store so you can see what appeals in terms of horse books.
Practical Horseman has a jumping clinic column that analyzes people's form over fences that might be useful in terms of showing. https://practicalhorsemanmag.com/training/jumping-clinic-beezie-madden
Good Luck!
Also, a tongue-in-cheek book.
one of my favorite books ever. excellent recommendation!
on that note, most of john irving is really fantastic: deep, researched, poignant, compelling. some others to consider (ordered by my perceived "greatness"):
Shada was finally novelised last year
http://www.amazon.ca/Doctor-Who-Shada-Adventure-Douglas/dp/0425259986/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372912305&sr=8-2&keywords=shada
My parents bought me an Otoscope. An old friend gave me this print. A patient gave me this book. I still love that book. I also like this one. Hope that helps.
Worldbuilders could find some inspiration here, which is a collection of short stories detailing fictional and fantastic diseases. I only read the one by China Mieville, but it was awesome (it's also available in his short story collection "Looking for Jake."
It was about a disease called Wormword (note the spelling). If you said a certain word aloud, you had a chance to become infected with the disease. It slowly drove you mad, but also made you prone to talking loudly in public spaces, and especially to saying the word to others. In this way, the disease would transmit itself. The disease was really a reorganization of synapses in such a way that they took on a life of their own and began eating hole through your brain matter in a particular way.
A bit late on replying, but I loved: The Guy's Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year of Fatherhood. Very funny.
If you haven't yet, I highly recommend you read the Shada book that came out last year. Absolutely brilliant, fills in some plot holes from the episode, perfect pastiche of Adams' style, etc.
Edit: spelling.
Reading: The Body - A Guide for Occupants, by Bill Bryson. I can't say enough about Bryson, and anyone who's read him won't need any further recommendation before bounding out the door to buy it. It's incredibly engaging and accessible, and leaves you absolutely spellbound by the mystery of this mortal coil we all take for granted. It's weird to think we know "ourselves" insofar as our minds, but know soo little about the billions, trillions of things that make up "us" and what they fuck they're up to. Did you know every fucking cell has 2m of DNA? Every single human has enough DNA in them bound and wound thinly and tightly in the nucleus of their cells, to reach beyond Pluto. What the fuck.
Watching: The Devil Next Door (Netflix). I don't know what's up or down anymore. I went from "It's def him" to "It can't be him" 3x an episode, and halfway through every episode wondered "how the fuck are they gonna stretch this another X episodes" Unreal.
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Listening to: Tool - Fear Innoculum. Saw them at the Garden on Thursday and they blew my tits clean off. By far the best and most influential progressive metal band ever. The visuals and lights a music was overwhelming. I think I cried. I also might be pregnant. They're terrifyingly talented, and have me diving back into their new album.
Horses for Dummies might be a good place to start. I’ve heard good things about it.
We used to have a binder in our comm center where we would transcribe some of the funnier conversations. It was only for our amusement. It had some pretty good ones in there, but eventually people forgot about it. I have no idea where it is now. I have seen published books but I honestly can't believe there is that huge of a market for them.
There's this highly suspect book out here that uses what you're saying as an argument to say that ADHD as a disorder does not exist but it is "actually a cluster of symptoms stemming from over 20 other conditions and disorders." https://www.amazon.com/ADHD-Does-Not-Exist-Hyperactivity/dp/006226673X. I rolled my eyes all the way to the back of my head when I first came to know about it.
I suggest you read ADHD Does Not Exist by Dr. Richard Saul. The Book of Woe by Dr. Gary Greenberg is another enlightening book about mental illness.
Go tell your doctor that you’re crushing & snorting your Ritalin, and taking far more than you’ve been instructed to take. Your doctor could put you on Strattera, or some other non-stimulant medication. Or, you can try to manage your symptoms without medication.
I was diagnosed with ADHD, too. I also snorted my Ritalin. Today, my personal belief is that “ADHD” is a very much a bullshit disorder, and giving people stimulant medication does more harm than good, more often than not. People like us, who like to snort our Ritalin, should not be prescribed Ritalin.
I recall reading (somewhere) that stimulant drugs help with ADHD symptoms...very temporarily. After you’ve been taking methylphenidate or dextroamphetamine for six months, you’re no better than you were BEFORE you started taking it; you’re just drug-dependent.
I liked this book when #1 was brewing:
https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Surviving-Pregnancy-Childbirth-Fatherhood/dp/0738210277/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1509546385&sr=8-17&keywords=expecting+dad+book
Aside from the great suggestions of others here, a major feminist essentialist who puts it into practice is Sara Ruddick in Maternal Thinking: Toward a Politics of Peace.
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I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Clause by S. G. Browne
This book:
http://www.amazon.com/Devil-Wears-Scrubs-Freida-McFadden-ebook/dp/B00EL2NH12/
Mount Misery?
/u/EdgHG asking the real questions...
I found us some books that might be able to help us find out what we are doing wrong:
For [You] (http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405709811&sr=1-1&keywords=What%27s+Your+Poo+Telling+You%3F) and [Me] (http://www.amazon.com/Whats-My-Pee-Telling-Me/dp/081186877X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405709816&sr=1-1&keywords=What%27s+My+Pee+Telling+Me%3F)
Oops. No need to fret. Well, you can definitely say McLean has its darker sides - that I was probably subconsciously thinking about the entire time, but gave you the better response over what I wanted to actually say.
See this book: Mount Misery - Samuel Shem M.D.
And to reiterate, as much as Dr. John Gunderson has done in the BPD realm, I still question his practices and don't agree entirely with his approaches despite his reign at McLean. ;)
For those interested: Adam Roberts is a pretty awesome author. Some of his other 'humour' books include Doctor Whom, The Soddit and The Va Dinci Cod - although I would far recommend his proper sci-fi novels. Not precisely hard sci-fi, but most certainly informed by a deep literary knowledge and clever concepts. I'd suggest On, Stone, Gradisil, Yellow Blue Tibia and New Model Army.
Also worth checking out his blog.
Not that I'm a fan or anything.
My sister got me and my cousin books for christmas. i got "What my pee is telling me" and he got "What your poo is telling you"
The statement "It was never about equality" is simply wrong, and undermines your argument. Here's a few examples and definitions. You can confirm any of these that you like, they're all current.
> Full Definition of feminism
> 1: the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes
> 2: organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests
> feminism
> NOUN
> [mass noun] The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.
> Noun
> feminism (countable and uncountable, plural feminisms)
> -(obsolete) The state of being feminine; femininity. [from 1851; less common after 1895]
> -A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of both sexes in all aspects of public and private life.
> Conventional wisdom attributes women’s decision to leave work to their maternal traits and desires. In this thought-provoking book, Joan Williams shows why that view is misguided and how workplace practice disadvantages men—both those who seek to avoid the breadwinner role and those who embrace it—as well as women.
https://www.amazon.com/Why-Men-Have-Nipples-Questions-ebook/dp/B000FCKAXA
For more fun, similar questions, this book is a fun read.
This is too common to be identifiable, but to be safe I wouldn't post this picture until an arbitrary amount of time has passed.
I don't know a doctor that hasn't seen this. Usually a dildo or shampoo bottle though.
Things I have seen (only over a few years): Safety razors, dildo, candle, doll, marbles, D-cell batteries. Some started from the top and worked their way down, others took the "direct" route. There's even a published book with 100 different examples: http://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Up-Inserted-Ingested-Shouldnt/dp/B00A19ZM7Q
A reasonably busy ER will see a few of these a month. Maybe more frequently. They rarely need to be admitted because the object can be extracted using a variety of non-surgical methods. Occasionally the patient will need to go to surgery to have it extracted and a few of those patients will need to have at least a temporary colostomy.
For education reason I feel I must include this, but it won't make a difference:
Also ITT: People who don't know anything about HIPAA, but pretend to be experts.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/089815197X?pc_redir=1397498340&robot_redir=1
"A Son of the Circus" by John Irving [1] [2].
Most, If not all of Irving's books seem to match your request, But this one is a bit different than his main body of work mainly in the location: India (most of his other books are located in New England) and in it's being somewhat more complicated.
Great read, Long, Great feeling of place and time.
South Wales is far too far away.
> The history of medicine fascinates me and I love reading about all sorts of ailments! (Call it morbid curiousity)
Have a bash at The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric & Discredited Diseases. It's a collection of short writeups of fictional diseases by various sci-fi/fantasy authors.
You're downvoted, but there are doctors and research who agree with you:
https://www.amazon.com/ADHD-Does-Not-Exist-Hyperactivity/dp/006226673X